MTV has invited transgender military members to attend this Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recently signed ban on openly transgender people serving in the military. The U.S. military will allow them to attend the VMAs as long as they attend “as civilians” and don’t wear their uniforms. (LGBTQ military members are similarly forbidden from wearing their uniforms while marching in Pride parades.)

“MTV has invited transgender members of the U.S. armed forces to the 2017 Video Music Awards and we would be honored if they could attend. Any patriot who is putting their own life at risk to fight for our freedom and stands for equality is a hero at MTV, and to young people everywhere.”

MTV’s transgender invite will be just part of a very political VMAs

This year’s VMAs will also have two other decidedly political edges as the show introduces a new awards category, the “Best Fight Against the System” category highlighting videos with a social message.

The show will also feature gender neutral categories and awards. Instead of “Best Male Video” and “Best Female Video,” the VMAs will simply award “Artist of the Year” and instead of their traditional Moonman trophies they will present “Moonperson” trophies, though it’s unclear whether they’ll look any different seeing as real-life men’s and women’s space suits differ only in size.

A pro-LGBTQ military group is suing Trump over the ban

The LGBTQ advocacy groups Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN have pledged to sue Trump over his ban. His ban uses debunked claims of protecting “effectiveness” and “unit cohesion” similar to those once used by far-right pundits who defended the now repealed ban against openly gay, lesbian and bisexual troops. These claims may make his ban easier to litigate in civil court.